Programmer debug() what does it mean? return type?

[archu sweet]

1. class Programmer {
2. Programmer debug() { return this; }
3. }
4. class SCJP extends Programmer {
5. // insert code here
6. }

Programmer debug() what does it mean ?? return type ???

[Jeanne Boyarsky]

Programmer is the return type.

[marc weber]

When you call the debug() method on an instance of the Programmer class, it will just return a reference to that instance ("this").